Only two local candidates?

Wed 15 Apr 2015, 22:06

I think you probably know the answer to your question Richard.

Wed 15 Apr 2015, 14:35 (last edited on Wed 15 Apr 2015, 14:48)

I would have been delighted if someone who lives in Charlbury or Finstock had wanted to stand for the District Council alongside me as a Lib Dem candidate.

I will throw the question back at you and other readers of the Forum, Richard - why are you not standing for…

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Wed 15 Apr 2015, 11:30

I'm genuinely surprised that, of the five candidates for the District Council election on 7 May, only two are from the Charlbury and Finstock ward: Celia Kerslake (Green) lives in Charlbury and Rory Macarthur (Conservative) lives in Fawler.

The Labour candidate lives in Dean, the UKIP candidate in Middle Barton, and the LibDem candidate in Churchill - bear in mind that this was a LibDem-held seat until recently. Of course, you can live anywhere you like, but I'd have thought you'd be better positioned to understand and represent Charlbury's needs if you actually live here.

Are we not interested in local politics, or have we just given up on WODC?